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Today's cyber news highlights several significant threats and trends. Microsoft 365 is experiencing a widespread outage affecting services like Outlook and Teams, causing operational disruptions. In vulnerability news, the PHP2Shell exploit was leveraged in attacks against Check Point Gateways, while a new zero-day vulnerability in N-central named 4EverAble2Shell was exploited shortly after its proof of concept was published. Additionally, North Korean hackers have reportedly stole over $400 million in cryptocurrency through sophisticated social engineering tactics involving fake video calls. The FBI has seized $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency linked to these North Korean operations. On the patching front, Ubuntu has released updates to address various vulnerabilities, including server impersonation and server-side request forgery.
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Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
How the NCSC’s ‘Cyber Action Toolkit’ is helping small businesses to improve their cyber security.
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
What is ChatGPT? ChatGPT is a conversational AI that has been created by OpenAI and is based on the ability to understand and generate text that is in many ways similar to how a human being would write it, given an input. It belongs to a line of models called the Generative Pre-trained Transformer o...
Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Deserialization of untrusted data in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Hackers exploited Triofox flaw CVE-2025-12480 to bypass auth and install remote access tools via the platform’s antivirus feature. Google’s Mandiant researchers spotted threat actors exploiting a now-patched Triofox flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-12480 (CVSS score of 9.1) that allows them to bypass authe...
Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Insertion of sensitive information into log file in Windows License Manager allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
In this Help Net Security interview, Chris Wheeler, CISO at Resilience, talks about how CISOs are managing changing cybersecurity budgets. While overall spending is up, many say the increases don’t match their most pressing needs. Wheeler explains how organizations are reallocating funds, measuring...
Insertion of sensitive information into log file in Windows License Manager allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
Improper neutralization of special elements used in an sql command ('sql injection') in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Enterprise CISOs have been trying to move beyond passwords for more than a decade, but have run into technical roadblocks, as many legacy systems were never designed for anything other thanpasswords.
As a result, the passwordless revolution, despite its promise and the enti...
Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Dynamics 365 Field Service (online) allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
Police use drones, body cameras, and license plate readers as part of their daily work. Supporters say these tools make communities safer. Critics see something different, a system that collects too much data and opens the door to abuse. When surveillance expands without public oversight, civil libe...
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Use after free in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.